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Garcilaso de la Vega
(1539—1616)

Peruvian historian; son of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián Garcilaso de la Vega and an Incan princess and therefore called the Inca. He grew up in Peru during the turbulent post-Conquest period. He went (1560) to Spain, where he first served in the army and later began to write. His most important work, The Royal Commentaries of Peru (1609–1617; tr. 1871) is a valuable source of information about the conquest of Peru and the lives and legends of the Inca.

Peru, 1953, Garcilaso de la Vega

Peru, 1969, Arms of Garcilaso de la Vega

Peru, 1969, Title page of «Commentarios Reales»

Peru, 1969, Garcilaso de la Vega

Peru, 1989, Garcilaso de la Vega

Peru, 2009, Garsillaso Inca de la Vega

Spain, 1980, Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga and Carcilaso de la Vega

Spain, 1991, Garcilaso de la Vega